follow on from FOI-3131-1819 I am writing you again regarding the above mentioned reference case matter sent to you on the 15th February 2019. I will like you to forward all the reported faults made on the traffic lights from the periods of 1st Oct 2018 to 31st Dec 2018 to me. At this traffic lights junction, the lights at not been working properly as a result of faulty sensors between the times of 1.30am -4.30am in the morning. The motorist had to drive true the lights on so many occasions since the lights do not work. I will appreciate it if you could forward this reports to me as a matter of urgency.

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Our ref: FOI-0504-1920/GH

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 16 May 2019 asking for information about the traffic signals at the Wardour Street Junction with Oxford Street and Berners Street.

Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.

Please find below fault record as requested with full details and explanation of the fault where needed.

Site	Fault No.	Fault Description	Date /time Reported	Fault Status
01/000216/U	TEL0199415	SWITCH OUT SIGNALS AS TEXT (RECHARGEABLE)	05/10/2018 13:18	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0203303	SDFH REPORTED SCOOT DETECTOR FAULT - DETAILS IN TEXT	07/11/2018 10:49	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0203998	CUSTOMER SITE MEETING REQUIRED	13/11/2018 10:08	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0204598	RTA DAMAGED VEHICLE LANTERN	18/11/2018 03:36	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0204603	OUT OF ALIGNMENT VEHICLE DETECTOR	18/11/2018 07:36	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0204772	SITE ENGINEER LOGGED ON	20/11/2018 00:19	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0204881	MISCELLANEOUS MONITOR FAULT	20/11/2018 17:39	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0204883	SITE ENGINEER LOGGED ON	20/11/2018 18:04	Full Clear (Closed)
01/000216/U	TEL0205773	SUPPLEMENTARY WORKS REQUIRED - DETAILS IN TEXT	28/11/2018 13:17	Full Clear (Closed)

TEL0199415 An engineering company has requested to switch out the signals but no reason given for this switch out in the fault text but I assume is for digging up the road to carry out some repairs. The engineering company arranged for a third party contractor to provide temporary signals during the switch out. TfL contractor engineer attended site at 21:55 switched out the signals and placed orange bags on top of the signal heads so the permanent signals don’t get confused with the temporary signals. TfL Contractor engineer returned to site at 23:37 restored signals and removed the orange bags. The third party contactor removed temporary signals from site.

TEL0203303 One of the intelligent transport system operations officer ITSO carries out daily checks on the traffic sensors connected to TfL system across London. The system has flagged that two sensors are permanently switched on which is not the normal operation of these sensors. These traffic sensors should only come on when a car passes over them. The officer sent out a fault to TfL contractor to investigate the reason for this fault and carry out the necessary repairs.

TEL0204598 There are 17 signal poles installed at this site. And the red/amber/green head on pole 8 has been hit by a vehicle and the green aspect has been broken and is being removed from the pole for safety reasons but signal still operational and the signal head will require replacing.

TEL0204603 One of the traffic sensors on top of the signal pole number 10 is out of alignment but the reason caused the alignment issue wasn’t mentioned in the fault text. Engineer attended site and realigned sensor and checked operation and all was ok.

TEL0204881 The fault described under fault TEL0204598 has caused the fault monitoring software in the controller box to report back to TfL fault desk that there is an issue with the red/amber/green aspects on site. This fault was closed down because its already being dealt with under the original fault TEL0204598

TEL0205773 A request has been made to the contractor to attend site and check that pole number 8 has a direct electrical connection from the controller box and if not to make this direct connection. Engineer attended site and confirmed that pole 8 has already a direct connection, So this fault was closed down with no further action required.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Graham Hurt

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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